Growing Your Collection of Resources

Part 1: Position Statements and influential Practices

  NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

 

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf

 

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf

 

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf

 

NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

 

NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf


Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller

 

FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://community.fpg.unc.edu/sites/community.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/FPG_Snapshot_N33_EvidenceBasedPractice_09-2006.pdf

 

Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42-53.

 

Part 2: Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being

 

Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pd

 Website :

 World Forum Foundation
http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us


World Organization for Early Childhood Education
http://www.omep-usnc.org/


Association for Childhood Education International
http://acei.org/

Part 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations

 
National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/

 The Division for Early Childhood
http://www.dec-sped.org/

 Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/

 
WESTED
http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm

 
Harvard Education Letter
http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

 

FPG Child Development Institute
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/

 

Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conference
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

 
HighScope
http://www.highscope.org/

 
Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/

 Center for Child Care Workforce
http://www.ccw.org/

 Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org/

 Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/

 
National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/

 

National Child Care Association
http://www.nccanet.org/

 National Institute for Early Education Research
http://nieer.org/

 

Pre[K]Now
http://www.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067

 

Voices for America's Children
http://www.voices.org/

The Erikson Institute
http://www.erikson.edu/

 

Part 4: Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library

 

YC Young Children

 

Childhood

 

Journal of Child & Family Studies

 

Child Study Journal

 

Multicultural Education

 

Early Childhood Education Journal

 

Journal of Early Childhood Research

 

International Journal of Early Childhood

 

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

 

Developmental Psychology

 

Social Studies

 

Maternal & Child Health Journal

 

International Journal of Early Years Education

 

 

 

 

Part 5: Additional Resources

 

Prevent Child Abuse America

http://www.preventchildabuse.org

 

Parents as Teachers

http://www.parentsasteachers.org

 

Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA)

www.southernearlychildhood.org

 

National Head Start Association

www.nhsa.org